Forward Planning
Blue Sky's Voyage
George & Michael
Sun 16 Nov 2008 16:59
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Hello Friends
"12:27.45N 61:29.24W"
We have a couple of things to report to our
eager readers so here's another blog after only two weeks. We can introduce
Alex, our new Cabin Boy and we've been thinking about our cruising plans for
this year, so we've a tentative plan (below) which will interest Pom and Barbara
and Frederik.
Firstly, Alex arrived on schedule on the 6th
and was immediately put to work helping to install more solar panels without so
much as the chance of a swim first. Fortunately he is a very efficient Fitter's
Mate and our solar output is now up to 580 watts. The only problem is that it
hasn't been too sunny the last week, so we've not had the best out of them
yet.
As soon as possible, we escaped from the
marina and headed north up to Ile Ronde where Alex immediately put his
underwater camera to good use when he found an Octopus.
 Alex is from Vancouver Island and found the
sea temperature here (30 Celsius) a bit of a shock at first. Not surprisingly
he's quickly adapted and has already invented the Mark 1 lobster claw with the
aid of a couple of wire hangers and a plastic pipe, to winkle the lobsters out
from under their rocks. The proving of the design is eagerly awaited!
We again hiked up the hill in Carriacou so
that Alex could see the view. This time we were lucky enough to find a wild
tortoise near the top... a picture paints a thousand words as they
say...
 The tortoises are wild in Carriacou, though
if found by the locals they end up as pets. You'll be happy to know that this
one was released after its photo call. It probably owes its freedom to living
near the top of the hill where few can be bothered to climb.
We'll save the other photo from the hill for
the end of the blog...
So here's the tentative Itinerary for
the coming season...
December 2008 - Grenadines, Bequia and
Martinique for Christmas
January 2009 -
Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, Antigua and Barbuda then on to St
Martin
February
- St
Martin, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and possibly the Dominican
Republic
March
- Cuba
!
April -
Cuba and then across to Belize
May -
Costa Rica
and then down to the San Blas Islands off Panama
It will apparent to keen-eyed bloggers that
Panama is noted for its Canal to the Pacific and it may well be that we go
through and cruise the Pacific Islands, but that would be a whole new Itinerary
which we'll have to think about.
And here's the final photo from the hill,
for which the most amusing caption will be published in the next blog
!
 Best Wishes
George, Michael and Alex
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